Thai coconut prawn curry

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Ready in 40 mins
  • Difficulty: easy

Far better than a takeaway, this quick fragrant Thai curry recipe is delicious served with jasmine rice.

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Ingredients

  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 3-5 long green chillies (depending on how hot you like it)
  • 2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves removed and insides chopped
  • Zest of 2 limes
  • Handful of coriander stalks
  • 2.5cm piece of fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 tsp shrimp paste (we like Thai Taste, from supermarkets)
  • 200ml coconut milk
  • 5 kaffir lime leaves (from larger Sainsbury’s)
  • 500g raw, peeled sustainable prawns
  • Fish sauce
  • 2 tsp soft brown sugar or palm sugar
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • Fresh coriander sprigs to serve
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Method

  1. Whizz the onion, garlic, chillies, lemongrass, lime zest, coriander stalks, ginger and shrimp paste. Fry for 2 minutes, then add the coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves. Simmer for 15 minutes until thick.
  2. Add the prawns. Cook for 5 minutes until just pink, then add a good dash of fish sauce, the sugar and the juice of 2 limes. Top with coriander.
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  • Nutrition

    • 218kcals Calories
    • 9.5g (7.6g saturated) Fat
    • 25.9g Protein
    • 7.3g (4.2g sugars) Carbs
    • 0.7g Fibre
    • 1.1g Salt
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